The Barclays Premier League thread 2015/2016

[Lineker]

The Manchester United team news is, well, there is no 'news'. Quite surprisingly Louis van Gaal names exactly the same XI and bench that he did for Sunday's game. Surprising because the Red Devils are only four days away from a date with Wembley.

Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe makes a slight tweak to the side he named for the original match. Republic of Ireland midfielder Harry Arter misses out completely, with Dan Gosling stepping up from the bench.

[Lineker]

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Adrian Bevington has stepped down from his advisory position with Aston Villa.

Bevington joined the club in March to review and evaluate the managerial position and playing staff at the club.
However, Villa have confirmed his departure in a statement, with Bevington saying: "There is a huge amount of work ahead for Aston Villa FC. A club of its size with its great support should be competing at the higher levels of the Premier League, not in the position it currently finds itself.

"To move forward, now more than ever, it is crucial the club makes the right calls on the big decisions it is faced with.

"I wish everyone at Aston Villa FC and its supporters every success for the future."

[Baddar]

With LVG already deciding that Lingard is clearly the new Messi, why not give Pereira a run out tonight? 

[Hobo]

8 hours ago, Adam said:

Ah thank you, don't know why I didn't know that.

And I didn't actually official video was just football clips. Including an amazing bit of sweeper keeping by Bruce Grobelaar.

 

[Baddar]

Very good team goal, finished by Rooney.

18 more, 18 more, 18 more is the chant. 

[unitedツ]

Based on this season scoring 1 in the first half at Old Trafford is as likely as scoring 18 in the 2nd half so game on.

[Baddar]

That last passage of play summed up Jesse Lingard fucking perfectly. 

[Baddar]

Good finish from Rashford there. 

Last game of the season, 2 up and Pereira still can't get a kick. Tragic. He's going to want out in the summer. 

[Matt]

Why do football fans have an obsession with playing academy products for the sake of it? I'm sure if he was proving himself in training or for the stiffs then he'd get game time. Not everyone that comes through the ranks is going to be the next club legend

[Lineker]

14 minutes ago, Matt said:

Why do football fans have an obsession with playing academy products for the sake of it? I'm sure if he was proving himself in training or for the stiffs then he'd get game time. Not everyone that comes through the ranks is going to be the next club legend

 

To get some sort of return for their years of investment?

[Baddar]

Pereira angled for a move away in January to get game time on loan. LVG told him to stay as he'd get his chance, but he's had next to no minutes. For the last month or so, we've had Lingard in the #10 role that Pereira likes, and he'd produced absolutely nothing.

[stokeriño]

It's reported in The Telegraph that Chelsea have agreed a new £60m-per-year kit deal with Nike. If true, it would be the 2nd-biggest such deal in world football, behind Man Utd's £75m-per-year deal with Adidas.

Last week it was announced that Chelsea had paid Adidas a £40m fee to end their £30m-per-year deal six years early. It would now seem clear as to why.

[Baddar]

How much was your Adi deal worth? 

[stokeriño]

£30m-per-year, like I said.  

[Baddar]

Shut up. 

[Nerf]

JT's signed da ting.

[stokeriño]

As per my post in the Summer Transfer thread, consider me suitably astonished!  

[Benji]

Good for JT. Not a fan of the guy as a person, but he's given his entire playing career (barring a loan spell) to Chelsea during their greatest period, he deserves the privilege of going out on his own terms.

[MDK]

8 minutes ago, Benji said:

Good for JT. Not a fan of the guy as a person, but he's given his entire playing career (barring a loan spell) to Chelsea during their greatest period, he deserves the privilege of going out on his own terms.

Say something similar in the ring and you get dog piled >_>

[Benji]

Who would JT be in The Ring?